Remote Working: Shaping the Future of Air traffic Control

Neil BowlesVice President, Business Development

• Private company, HQ in Ottawa, Canada

• Global leader of Digital Tower and Digital Apron Solutions

• Owned by NAV CANADA & NATS

• Unique perspective on ANSP response to Covid crisis

• ANSPs faced immediate challenges:

• Provide continual essential services

• Sudden decline in revenue

• Is infrastructure in place to support remote functions of an ANSP?

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Digital Tower – Big Airports, Big Data• Medium and large airports

have multiple ATM data sources

• Large Digital Towers require substantial network bandwidth and corresponding cyber security – infrastructure needs to match

Remote/ Digital Tower – Crisis Resilience• Contingency Digital Tower used in

COVID-19 resilience response

• HungaroControl separated Aerodrome Control teams (A&B):

• Day shifts in rTWR

• Night shifts in TWR

• 2000+ hours of safe operation

• 30,000+ aircraft movements